The constable on his first night shift, the young graduate paramedic, the veteran emergency department doctor who has seen it all, the distraught parents. These are the many hidden faces of the road toll.

Every crash, even those that might be briefs on page 10 of the paper, affects many people.

This series, Trauma takes its toll, explores serious collisions from all sides and what we can do to reduce the number of lives lost on our roads.